{"id":2000111137,"date":"2026-05-06T08:49:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T06:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000111137"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:09:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:09:48","slug":"president-kagame-congratulates-arsenal-after-semi-final-win-over-atletico-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-kagame-congratulates-arsenal-after-semi-final-win-over-atletico-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame congratulates Arsenal on reaching UEFA Champions League final"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

He described the match between Visit Rwanda partners Arsenal FC and Atl\u00e9tico Madrid as an exciting encounter, commending Arsenal for their performance and qualification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGreat match between Visit Rwanda partner teams Atl\u00e9tico Madrid and Arsenal. Congratulations to Arsenal FC on the win and qualification for the UEFA Champions League Final. May the best VisitRwanda partner team win!\u201d Kagame wrote on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two teams faced off in the second leg of the semi-final on May 5, 2026. Playing at Emirates Stadium, Arsenal took control early in the match and dominated much of the game. In the 44th minute, Bukayo Saka scored the only goal, giving Arsenal a 2-1 aggregate win over the two legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another semi-final clash is scheduled for May 6, 2026, between Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, both also partners of Visit Rwanda. In the first leg, PSG secured a 5-4 victory at home against Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winner of that tie will face Arsenal FC in the final, set to take place in Budapest on May 30, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This marks Arsenal\u2019s second appearance in a UEFA Champions League final, their first being in 2006 when they lost to FC Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Playing at Emirates Stadium, Arsenal took control early in the match and dominated much of the game. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In the 44th minute, Bukayo Saka scored the only goal, giving Arsenal a 2-1 aggregate win over the two legs.
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The two teams faced off in the second leg of the semi-final on May 5, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The two teams faced off in the second leg of the semi-final on May 5, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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President Paul Kagame has congratulated Arsenal FC on securing a place in the UEFA Champions League final following their semi-final victory over Atl\u00e9tico Madrid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000111147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000111137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000111147,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hhlunpsxway_7nq-b5d74.jpg","alt":"","caption":"The two teams faced off in the second leg of the semi-final on May 5, 2026.","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":653,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hhlunpsxway_7nq-b5d74.jpg","width":150,"height":98},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hhlunpsxway_7nq-b5d74.jpg","width":300,"height":196},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hhlunpsxway_7nq-b5d74.jpg","width":768,"height":502},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hhlunpsxway_7nq-b5d74.jpg","width":1000,"height":653},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hhlunpsxway_7nq-b5d74.jpg","width":1000,"height":653}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000111137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000111137"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000111137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000111152,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000111137\/revisions\/2000111152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000111147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000111137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000111137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000111137"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000111137"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000111137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}